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of the county. It is possible that water-bearing strata may be reached 
a short distance below the rocks which appear at the bottom of the 
Long Creek well, 175 feet below the surface. 
CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 
No deep wells are reported as existing in Cumberland County, but 
the Potomac arkose sands and gravel, which appear at the surface over 
considerable areas to the north and west of Cumberland, are also exposed 
in the bluffs of the Cape Fear River, which passes through this county, 
and wells bored to a depth of from 100 to 300 feet in different portions 
of the area would probably yield ample supplies of water. 
BLADEN COUNTY. 
No deep wells have been reported as bored in this county, but there 
are two or more shallow " flowing wells" at Bladenboro, on the Caro- 
lina Central Railroad, in the southwest portion of the county, on the 
lands of Messrs. S. N. Ferguson and J. W. Callahan. One of these has 
a depth of 35 feet and the other a depth of 40 feet; lj-inch pipe was 
used in both cases. In one case the upper end of the pipe rises 2 feet 
above the surface and the flow of water amounts to 2 gallons per min- 
ute, while in the other case the pipe rises no higher than the surface 
soil and the flow amounts to 3 gallons per minute. The materials pene- 
trated in boring these wells are a compact clay underlain by coarse 
bluish sand, which is water bearing, and in which the pipes stop. 
It is probable that in many portions of the county wells bored to 
similar depths would meet with similarly successful results, and at 
i greater depths, 200 to 400 feet, it is probable that much larger supplies 
of water would be obtained. 
ROBESON AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. 
No deep wells are reported from these counties; but the conditions 
may be considered fairly favorable for securing underground supplies of 
water in the southeastern portion of Richmond, and in all of Robeson, 
j except, possibly, in the northwestern portion. Among the sand hills 
about Hamlet, and northward along the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 
the Potomac or other sandy and arkose strata that directly overlie the 
eroded surface of the crystalline rocks are exposed over a considerable 
area. The rainfall absorbed by these sands may be expected to move 
southeastward in part, and should be reached by penetrating the over- 
lying formation southeast of this region to depths varying, in Robeson 
and southeastern Richmond, from probably 100 to 300 feet, the depth 
increasing farther southeastward. No assurance can be given that, 
when tapped, these water supplies will overflow the pipes at the surface, 
though in low areas they might do so in some cases; but in many more 
cases probably the best that can be expected is that the water will rise 
near enough to the surface to come within reach of ordinary pumps. 
